The Effectiveness Of Pwim To Teach Vocabulary Viewed From Students’ Intelligence (An Experimental Research At The Fifth Grade Students Of Sd Negeri Ajibarang Kulon In The Academic Year Of 2011/2012)

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Lia Hendrawati - S891102022 - Sekolah Pascasarjana

The Objectives Of This Study Are: (1) To Reveal Whether Pwim Is More Effective Than Direct Instruction To Teach Vocabulary; (2) To Reveal Whether Students Having High Intelligence Have Better Vocabulary Mastery Than Those Having Low Intelligence; And (3) To Reveal Whether There Is An Interaction Effect Between Teaching Methods And The Students’ Intelligence On The Students’ Vocabulary Mastery. The Research Was Conducted At Sd Negeri Ajibarang Kulon, From April To May 2012. The Method Used For The Research Was Experimental Study. The Population Of The Research Was The Fifth Grade Students. The Sampling Technique Used Was Total Sampling. The Sample Of The Research Was Two Classes; Those Were V A Which Was Treated As Experimental Class Taught By Using Pwim And V B Which Was Treated As Control Class Taught By Using Direct Instruction. Each Of Them Consisted Of 22 Students. The Technique Of Collecting Data Was Documentary And Test Technique. The First Was Used To Collect The Data Of Students’ Intelligence Scores. The Second Was Used To Know The Students’ Vocabulary Mastery. The Vocabulary Test Was In The Form Of Objective Test, Oral Test, And Essay Test. It Had Been Tried Out First In Order To Know The Validity And Reliability. Meanwhile, To Analyze The Data, Multifactor Analysis Of Variance (Anova) Test Of 2x2 And Tukey Test Were Used. Before Conducting The Anova Test, Normality And Homogeneity Were Conducted. Based On The Result Of Data Analysis, The Research Findings Are: (1) Pwim Is More Effective Than Direct Instruction To Teach Vocabulary; (2) The Students Having High Intelligence Have Better Vocabulary Mastery Than Those Having Low Intelligence; And (3) There Is An Interaction Between Teaching Methods And Students’ Intelligence On The Students’ Vocabulary Mastery. Related To The Research Findings, It Can Be Concluded That The Use Of Pwim In Teaching Vocabulary Is Effective. Therefore, Pwim Can Be Implemented As One Of The Effective Teaching Methods To Teach Vocabulary In Order To Get Good Achievement In Vocabulary. Keywords: Pwim, Direct Instruction, Intelligence